AirLife Flight Nurse

Hourly Wage Estimate: $39.00 - $57.00 / hour
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As a AirLife Flight Nurse, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications 

The AirLife Adult/Pediatric Transport Team Nurse utilizes their experience, education, and training to both autonomously and collaboratively deliver critical care to critically ill and/or injure patients aboard fixed-wing aircraft, and ground ambulance between medical facilities or directly from the scene of an accident or illness. The Adult/Pediatric Transport Nurse provide care to a broad age range of patients from infants to geriatric patients.

• Coordinates, delivers, and documents all aspects of patient care in collaboration with referral teams, physicians, AirLife team members, patients, and families while adhering to established standards of care and scope of practice. 

• Works autonomously and collaboratively, adhering to AirLife clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures with minimal support. 

• Maintains confidentiality of PHI in accordance with AirLife, HCA, and HIPAA standards. 

• Demonstrates awareness of and routinely practices safe work habits and adheres to the AirLife Commitment to Safety. 

• Maintains proficiency in flight physiology, general aircraft, and ambulance safety operations, and emergency procedures. 

• Participates in quality improvement initiatives including chart reviews, data collection, and process improvement. 

• Supports the mission of AirLife and HCA including the pillars of Safety, Service, Quality, People, and Growth and adheres to the AirLife Rules of the Game 

• Participates in outreach activities including transport safety and clinical education.

 • Completes orientation requirements within an appropriate timeframe as determined by AirLife Leadership. 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

• Practices and adheres to the HCA Code of Conduct and AirLife Mission and Vision

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
•  • BSN 
• • 5+ years Critical Care Nursing experience in an ICU or an Emergency Department 
• • Transport experience
• Colorado Registered Nursing license with a multi-state compact designation
• BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP at time of hire
• CFRN Certification within 2 years
• Attends 8 out of 12 scheduled monthly Flight Staff Meetings in person and completes Webex review of any unattended meetings
• Completes all required training for AirLife, HCA and AirLife vendors
• Maintains current and unrestricted drive's license

Benefits

HCA HealthONE AirLife Critical Care Denver, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver-metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. 

HCA HealthONE employs more than 12,000 colleagues and has been named one of the top five large health systems in the country multiple years. HCA HealthONE and its parent company, HCA Healthcare, have been named 14 consecutive times by Ethisphere as a World’s Most Ethical Company and two consecutive years as a LinkedIn Top Company. HCA HealthONE hospitals includes: Centennial, Aurora, Mountain Ridge, Presbyterian/St. Luke’s, Rocky Mountain Children’s, Rose, Sky Ridge, Swedish, and Spalding working together to provide a higher level of care. 

Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes. 

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our AirLife Flight Nurse opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.